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Mar. 31, 2015  New research has scientists re-thinking how a lethal fungus grows and kills immune cells. The study hints at a new approach to therapy for Candida albicans, one of the most common causes of ... full story

Mar. 31, 2015  The inherent ‘handedness’ of molecular structures directs the behavior of individual cells and confers them the ability to sense the difference between left and right. This is a significant step ... full story

Mar. 30, 2015  Coast redwoods (Sequioa sempervirens), famous for being the world's tallest trees, are also unusual for their ability to reproduce clonally from stumps, fallen logs, and roots. Researchers have ... full story

Mar. 26, 2015  Researchers have successfully harnessed a technique, CRISPR-Cas9 editing, to use in an important and understudied species: the mosquito, Aedes aegypti, which infects hundreds of millions of people ... full story

Mar. 26, 2015  Using high-performance computing and genetic engineering to boost the photosynthetic efficiency of plants offers the best hope of increasing crop yields enough to feed a planet expected to have 9.5 ... full story

Mar. 26, 2015  In a new study, scientists are asking how life forms grow to be the correct size with proportional body parts. Probing deeply into genetics and biology at the earliest moments of embryonic ... full story

Mar. 24, 2015  Bisphenol A is a chemical that is used in a variety of consumer products, such as water bottles, dental composites and resins used to line metal food and beverage containers. Often, aquatic ... full story

Mar. 24, 2015  Scientists have coaxed stem cells to grow the first three-dimensional mini lungs. The 3-D structures mimic the complexity of human lungs and may serve as a discovery tool for lung diseases or new ... full story

Mar. 23, 2015  The protein Pom1 possesses the ability to modify different sets of proteins to coordinate the processes of cell growth and division, researchers have discovered. Complex phosphorylation-dependent ... full story

Injectable 3D Cell Factories to Fight Cancer in the Body

Reuters - Innovations Video Online (Feb. 3, 2015)  Researchers at Harvard University and the Wyss Institute are developing an injectable biomaterial that forms a tiny scaffold in the body which can be used to re-program cells and trigger an immune response to fight cancer and infectious diseases. Ben Gruber Reports.
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Mar. 31, 2015  New research has scientists re-thinking how a lethal fungus grows and kills immune cells. The study hints at a new approach to therapy for Candida albicans, one of the most common causes of ... full story

Mar. 31, 2015  The inherent ‘handedness’ of molecular structures directs the behavior of individual cells and confers them the ability to sense the difference between left and right. This is a significant step ... full story

Mar. 30, 2015  Coast redwoods (Sequioa sempervirens), famous for being the world's tallest trees, are also unusual for their ability to reproduce clonally from stumps, fallen logs, and roots. Researchers have ... full story

Mar. 26, 2015  Researchers have successfully harnessed a technique, CRISPR-Cas9 editing, to use in an important and understudied species: the mosquito, Aedes aegypti, which infects hundreds of millions of people ... full story

Mar. 26, 2015  Using high-performance computing and genetic engineering to boost the photosynthetic efficiency of plants offers the best hope of increasing crop yields enough to feed a planet expected to have 9.5 ... full story

Mar. 26, 2015  In a new study, scientists are asking how life forms grow to be the correct size with proportional body parts. Probing deeply into genetics and biology at the earliest moments of embryonic ... full story

Mar. 26, 2015  Cells reuse a part of the histones which are used to pack DNA, according to research conducted on yeast cells. However, researchers say that it is likely that similar mechanisms are important for ... full story

Mar. 24, 2015  Bisphenol A is a chemical that is used in a variety of consumer products, such as water bottles, dental composites and resins used to line metal food and beverage containers. Often, aquatic ... full story

Mar. 24, 2015  Scientists have coaxed stem cells to grow the first three-dimensional mini lungs. The 3-D structures mimic the complexity of human lungs and may serve as a discovery tool for lung diseases or new ... full story

Mar. 23, 2015  The protein Pom1 possesses the ability to modify different sets of proteins to coordinate the processes of cell growth and division, researchers have discovered. Complex phosphorylation-dependent ... full story

Mar. 20, 2015  A new study sheds light on the handing over of genetic control from mother to offspring early in development. Learning how organisms manage this transition could help researchers understand larger ... full story

Mar. 20, 2015  Inside every seed is the embryo of a plant, and in most cases also a storage of food needed to power initial growth of the young seedling. New work identifies biochemical pathways necessary for ... full story

Mar. 20, 2015  RNA editing of genomic information was thought to be sparingly used, based on a limited number of studies in mammals and flies. But recently, investigators discovered the most prolific usage yet of ... full story

Mar. 19, 2015  Researchers are gaining further insight into how the mechanical environment of cells drives fundamental cellular processes such as motility, growth and survival. These processes are integral to many ... full story

Mar. 19, 2015  A new method for generating mutations in both copies of a gene in a single generation has been developed by biologists. This method could rapidly accelerate genetic research on diverse species and ... full story

Mar. 19, 2015  Scientists have developed a fluorescence microscopy technique that for the first time shows where and when proteins are produced. This allows researchers to directly observe individual mRNAs as they ... full story

Mar. 19, 2015  New work focuses on the accumulation of triglyceride and a certain kind of steroids called sterols during oocyte development. They were able to identify an insect steroid hormone that is crucial to ... full story

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